Necktie



G. L. HENDRIX.

' NECKTIE.

APPLICATION min JUNE 5,1918.

1,324,740. Patented Dec. 919.

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G. L. HENDRIX.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.191s.

Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRANVILLE LLOYD HENDRIX, OF SANTA ROSA, (lALIFORNIA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANVLLLE- LLOYD HENDRIX, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonoma and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNeckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a necktie which may be tied while it is either on or offand put on and taken off, while tied and without untying it. The tiealso determines the position of its knot and the position of thefastener which fastens its neck loop.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms apart of this specification and the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of the tie as it is tied and worn.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the tie looped and with the small end insertedthrough the strap which determines the position of the not and loopfastener.

Fig. 3 is a front view of a tie embodying a modification of myinvention.

Fig. 4 is a rear view similar to Fig. 2 of a tie embodying themodification shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a tie embodymg one form of my inventionapplied to a turn-over collar.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tie embodying another form of myinvention applied to a stand-up collar.

In the drawing, 1 indicates the large end member of the tie and 2 thesmall end member. These members are separate members and are detachablyconnected together at their connecting ends by a fastener 3, which is,?preferably, a snap fastener such as a glove fastener. On the inside atthe connecting end of the large end member 1, 1s sewed a strap loop 4.

The tie may be put on and tied in the regular wa or it may be tied firstand then put on. n tying the tie, the small end member which forms asplit collar band at the point where members are fastened, is drawnthrough the strap loopi 4 and then the large end member is tie small endmember in the usual knot. It will be observed that the loop 4 isarranged or disposed on the member 1 in order to de- Specification ofLetters Patent.

around the,

Patented Dec. 9,1919.

Application filed June 5, 1918. Serial No. 238,313.

termine or definitely position the knot with the tie members 1 and 2 aretied. In fourin-ha'nd tie, as in a case shown, the member 2 will beslidable in the knot in order to secure the proper and desiredadjustment of the knot relatively to the collar. The fastener 3 however,is to always lie in the neck band of the tie. The tie ma be put on afterit is tied by disengaging the fastener 3 and slipping the connecting endof the small end member around the collar, and then fastening the'endsof the tie members together by means of the fastener. The tie also may etaken off without untying the knot simply by disengaging the fastener 3and removing the loop end of the small end member 2 from the collar.

By putting the tie on and taking it off without untying the knot, thetie is prevented from wearing at the point where it is tied and the lifeof the tie is greatly extended.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the ends of themembers 1 and 2 are fastened together in the front at pne side of thecenter of the turn-over col- In this embodiment it will be seen that theloop 4 and the fastener 3 have a definite co-relation, the loop locatingthe point where the knot is to be tied relative to the tie end 1, andfurther causing the fastener 3 to be positioned beneath the front edgeof the collar flap where it is hidden but readily accessible (see Fig.5).

In the form of my invention shown in through which the small en portionmay .extend to provide a point of juncture at which the tie ends may betied, and to definitely locate the knot to be tied with respect to thelarge end portion.

end portion 2. A tie of the character describedcomprising two tie endportions connected by a neck-band portion, a loop permanently fixed toone of said end portlons adjacent its inner end and through which loopthe other end portion may extend so as to provide a point of juncture atwhich the tie ends may be tied and to definitely locate the knot to betied, and means on the tie between said end portions, whereby the lattermay be de 10 tached. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GRANVILLE LLOYD HENDRIX

